Air New Zealand says it is assessing the viability of new routes to Pacific Rim destinations but has "no current plans" to fly to Denver. The airline met representatives from the Colorado city this week about the possibility of starting up services to the "mile- high city".
"We're constantly assessing the viability of operating new services to Pacific Rim destinations, however, we have no current plans to commence services into Denver," an airline spokesman said.
Denver International Airport vice president of air service development and aviation research Laura Jackson met Air New Zealand's commercial network planning team to present a business case for the route.
"They're intrigued by the opportunity in Denver, they're with the Star Alliance so they know about the strength of the Denver hub. Modern planes, open up new routes that would have been impossible in the past," she said.
Air New Zealand flies directly to Los Angeles and San Francisco and has been looking at new opportunities in the United States.